Lost in translation: Using bilingual simulated patients to improve consulting across language barriers

Education for Primary Care

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-98

  Escott, Sarah ^a,c   Lucas, Beverley ^b   Pearson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Bradford and Airedale Teaching Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumers; Interpretation; Language barriers; Primary care; Simulated patients

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DEMOGRAPHY; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKSHOP; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONSUMER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TEACHING;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MULTILINGUALISM; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TRANSLATING;

EID: 68349097518     PISSN: 14739879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14739879.2009.11493773     Document Type: Article

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